There were some entertaining segments of RAW this week, but this was not the way the show needed to rebounded after AEW’s Double or Nothing. They needed something insane. And they absolutely failed to produce that.
Matches:
Shane McMahon w/ Drew McIntyre vs. Lance Anoa’i: A glorified squash match, where McMahon won with the Triangle Choke and then talked more smack about Roman Reigns. Reigns eventually hit the ring and took out McMahon, but McIntyre pulled him out of the ring before any serious damage was done and the two were able to escape.
Becky Lynch and Nikki Cross vs. WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions: The IIconics: Peyton Royce and Billie Kay: Lynch and Cross won in a sloppy mess of a match. Afterward, Lacey Evan and Lynch beat on each other.
Ricochet vs. Cesaro: Excellent match. Exactly what this RAW needed. Anyone could have won, but Ricochet won with the Churricanrana and Inside Cradle.
Fatal 4-Way Elimination Match: Winner gets Universal Title Show at Super Showdown: Braun Strowman vs. The Miz vs. Baron Corbin vs. Bobby Lashley: A disaster- WWE officials ruled Strowman and Lashley eliminated themselves by fighting outside the ring, leaving The Miz and Corbin left. The Miz was tough, but Corbin won with The End of Days.
Sami Zayn vs. Universal Champion Seth Rollins: This was the best match on RAW this year. Tons of counters, strikes, near-falls. This match had it all. Zayn was on his game and proved his recent fall was nothing. He’s a main eventer. However, after Zayn got back in the ring, Rollins hit the Curb Stomp twice for the win.
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports.
Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders.
His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023.
Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief.
Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale.
Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.
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